Avron station
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Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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Location | 35, boul. de Charonne 11th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°51′07″N 2°23′52″E / 48.85194°N 2.397863°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2 April 1903 | ||||||||||
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Avron is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
The station was opened on 2 April 1903 when the line was extended from Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas) to Nation. It is named after the Rue d'Avron, which is named after a small nearby plateau that served an important role in the defence of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. It was the location of the Barrière de Montreuil, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during in the nineteenth century.[1][2][3]
Station layout
Street Level |
B1 | Mezzanine for platform connection |
Platform level | ||
Platform 1 | ← toward Porte Dauphine (Alexandre Dumas) | |
Platform 2 | toward Nation (Terminus) → | |
Gallery
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MF 2000 rolling stock at Avron
References
- ^ "Barrière de Montreuil, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Barrière de Montreuil, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Barrière de Montreuil" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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- Sources
- Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.